Allen Wardner

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Allen Wardner (born December 13, 1786 in Alstead , New Hampshire , † August 29, 1877 in Windsor , Vermont ) was an American banker and politician who was State Treasurer of Vermont from 1837 to 1838 . His son-in-law was the Attorney General , United States Secretary of State and Senator William M. Evarts .

Life

Allen Wardner was born in Alstead, New Hampshire. In 1800 his family moved to Windsor, Vermont and Wardner trained as a salesman and businessman.

It is believed that he attended the United States Military Academy in 1809, but there is no record of this. One possible explanation is that he took classes with a tutor to prepare for the entrance exam but did not take the exam. It is unclear whether he attended West Point or received training elsewhere, but he returned to Vermont in 1809 or 1810 and began his professional career.

In 1810 Wardner joined the Jefferson Artillery, a division of the Windsor Militia . The unit consisted of members of the Democratic Republican Party , in anticipation of the British-American War of 1812. In 1825, the Jefferson Artillery participated in the parade and reception for La Fayette while he was in Woodstock , Vermont as part of it his tour of the United States. Wardner served in the unit for several years, attaining the rank of captain .

Apart from military service, Wardner ran a successful business, initially as a junior partner of Isaac Grün and later as a senior partner of his brother Schubael Wardner. He has also worked as a banker and served on the Board of Directors of Windsor Bank and was President of Ascutney Bank.

In addition to his commercial and banking interests, Wardner was involved in several other projects. These included the construction of the Ascutney Mill Dam to generate hydropower for the factories and mills in Windsor, wool mills and also in the construction and operation of the Cornish – Windsor Covered Bridge between Windsor and Cornish , New Hampshire, he was involved. Wardner was one of the founders of the Central Vermont Railway in 1835 .

Political career

As a member of the Anti-Masonic Party , Wardner was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1831 to 1834 . In 1832, Wardner was appointed to the committee that oversaw the construction of the second Vermont State House . In the 1830s he was also a member of the committee that monitored conditions at Vermont State Prison in Windsor and served as a state commissioner for Deaf & Dumb, which was responsible for ensuring that people with physical or mental disabilities received the necessary assistance received at state expense. From 1834 to 1835 Wardner was a member of the Vermont Governors Council.

In the election in 1837, the incumbent Treasurer Augustine Clarke received the most votes, but he did not achieve the 50% majority and one vote required by the Vermont constitution. In such a case, the Vermont General Assembly will vote on the election. However, since the legislature was politically fragmented, there was also no majority for a candidate, Wardner appointed Treasurer by Governor Silas H. Jennison to fill the gap until the next election.

After the Anti-Masonic Party ended, he joined the Whig Party and directly with the founding of the National Republican Party in the 1850s. In the 1850s Wardner was an active member of the American Colonization Society , which opposed slavery .

family

Wardner married Minerva Bingham in 1814. The couple had 12 children, seven of whom reached adulthood. Their daughter Helen married William M. Evarts, who later became Secretary of State for the United States. Minerva Bingham Wardner died in 1841. After her death, Wardner retired from managing his businesses, passed the business on to one of his sons, and retired in the late 1840s.

Wardner died in Windsor on August 29, 1877. His grave is in the Old South Church Cemetery in Windsor.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Bankers Magazine . Warren, Gorham & Lamont, Incorporated, 1878, ISSN  0005-545X , pp. 328 .
  2. ^ Gazetteer and Business Directory of Windsor County, Vt., For 1883-84 . Printed at the Journal office, 1881, p. 280 ( books.google.com ).
  3. ^ IA. Society for Industrial Archeology., 1975 ( books.google.com ).
  4. ↑ Jay Read Pember: A Day with Lafayette in Vermont . Elm tree Press, 1912, pp. 1 ( books.google.com ).
  5. ^ Gazetteer and Business Directory of Windsor County, 283
  6. ^ The American Journal of Science and Arts . S. Converse, 1822 ( books.google.com ).
  7. ^ Katherine E. Conlin, Wilma Burnham Paronto, Stella Vitty Henry: Chronicles of Windsor, 1761-1975 . town of Windsor, Vermont, 1977, OCLC 3656602 .
  8. ^ Gazetteer and Business Directory of Windsor County
  9. ↑ Vermont: Acts and Laws, Passed by the Legislature of the State of Vermont, at Their Session at Windsor [etc.] J. Fay, 1833, OCLC 15438542 , p. 76 .
  10. ^ William Henry Child: Narrative . Rumford Press, 1911.
  11. ^ Lewis Cass Aldrich, Frank R. Holmes: History of Windsor County, Vermont . D. Mason & Company, 1891, OCLC 1112781 , p. 329 .
  12. ^ Vermont Supreme Court: Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Vermont . J. Spooner, 1853, p. 466 ( books.google.com ).
  13. ^ Henry Swan Dana: History of Woodstock, Vermont . Houghton, Mifflin, 1889, OCLC 3537645 , pp. 261 .
  14. ^ Journal General Assembly of the State of Vermont . 1830.
  15. ^ Vermont, Eliakim Persons Walton: Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont . 1880, p. 161 .
  16. ^ Ulster County (NY) Whig, Voice of Vermont: Democratic Anti-Masonic State Convention , March 16, 1836
  17. ↑ Zadock Thompson: History Of Vermont, Natural, Civil And Statistical, In Three Parts, With A Few Map Of The State, And 200 Engravings . 1842, ISBN 978-1-130-72338-0 .
  18. ^ Vermont: Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont . J & JM Poland, 1880, OCLC 2870963 , p. 189 .
  19. ^ Vermont, Eliakim Persons Walton: Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont . Steam Press of J. & JM Poland, 1877, ISBN 1-278-11599-4 , pp. 437 .
  20. ^ Vermont, Eliakim Persons Walton: Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont . 1880, ISBN 1-278-11599-4 , pp. 161 .
  21. ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, Vermont State Treasurers ( Memento April 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), 2011, p. 1
  22. ↑ https://www.sec.state.vt.us/media/57320/1837.pdf. (PDF) In: www.sec.state.vt.us. Retrieved July 7, 2015 .
  23. ^ Journal of the House of Representatives, of the State of Vermont, October Session, 1837. 1837, ISBN 1-271-41527-5 , pp. 130 .
  24. ^ Vermont Office of Secretary of State: Vermont Legislative Directory . Rand, Avery, 1896, ISBN 1-235-91513-1 , pp. 164 .
  25. ^ The African Repository . American Colonization Society., 1874, ISSN  2154-8528 , pp. 320 .
  26. ^ New Hampshire, Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659-1947, marriage certificate for Allen Wardner and Minerva Bingham, accessed January 10, 2014
  27. ^ History of Windsor County, Vermont, 919
  28. ↑ American Bar Association: Annual Report of the American Bar Association: Including Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting . Headquarters Office, 1901, p. 624 .
  29. ^ Gazetteer and Business Directory of Windsor County, 280
  30. ↑ Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908, death record for Allen Wardner, accessed on January 10, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Wardner, Allen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician, banker, and treasurer of Vermont
DATE OF BIRTH December 13, 1786
PLACE OF BIRTH Alstead , New Hampshire
DATE OF DEATH August 29, 1877
Place of death Windsor , Vermont